Product Details

• Actors: Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Angelina Jolie, Alfred Molina
• Directors: Kevin Dowling
• Writers: Leonard Glasser
• Producers: Kevin Dowling, Cindy Cowan, Elyse Katz, Leonard Glasser, Matt Salinger
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: German
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304724896
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,197 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Danny Aiello stars as a fiftysomething car salesman from Los Angeles who agrees to escort a voluptuous minor (Angelina Jolie) back to the desert trailer where her seductive mother (Anne Archer) and psychotic boyfriend (Michael Biehn) wait for her. Various misadventures follow: after the young people take off, Aiello dances with the older woman under the moonlight, falls asleep, finds a body in his car trunk the next morning, and is gradually absorbed into the boyfriend's paranoid delusions. The script by Leonard Glasser is a bit intoxicated with its own offbeat tone, and the direction by Kevin Dowling leaves something to be desired about this independent feature. But the fine cast helps make up for these deficiencies, and the Mojave desert locale is a fun and unusual setting in which to see this particular group of actors on screen. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Angelina really strutting her stuff, July 15, 2005

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Howard Gardner Stevenson (Seattle, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mojave Moon (DVD)

If you're a fan of Ms. Jolie, buy this and enjoy her in it. She plays a 20 year old vamp who seduces Danny Aiello in a flagrant, delicious way that only Angelina could. If you don't feel a sudden intake of breath when she struts into the diner early in the movie, then you need to switch back to Regis and Kelly. Angelina's not a major character, but she's on screen enough for me to feel fine about my mini-buck investment. The movie itself is a bizarre little noir that has it's moments (decent acting, OK script, good desert atmosphere) and its non-moments (uneven directing, plot holes), but not bad. The movie rates a 3, Angelina rates a 5, you do the math.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mojave Moon, February 13, 2000

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MikeyJ (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mojave Moon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I being in love with Angelina Jolie will watch any movie of hers, even if the movie wasn't so great. I of course enjoyed this movie with her being in it but it was also a stretch from the norm. It was delightful and funny but weird at the same time. Especially with its cast members like Ann Archer and Danny Aiello. It's great when actors take a chance on a movie even though it may not be a mega blockbuster hit. I watch this movie over and over and find it interesting all the time. The soundtrack is great as well. One thing, where can I find any of the songs on this soundtrack? If you know, drop me a line.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wet Noodle..., April 4, 2000

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Danielle Cruz "@timelysarcasm" (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mojave Moon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie drove me crazy it was so bad. I literally wanted to bleach my eyeballs out after sitting through it. The best part of this movie was Angelina Jolie - end of story. She steals the screen in anything she does, but even she couldn't save this steaming piece of crap. The plot is inexorably stupid. I guess if you're a diehard AJ fan and feel like seeing some of her earlier work, you might only be slightly homicidal after seeing it.